Jeanne Eagels

About Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels (June 26, 1890-October 3, 1929) was an American actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. She was a former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously considered for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her 1929 role in The Letter after dying suddenly that year at the age of 39. That nomination was the first posthumous Oscar consideration for any actor, male or female. Jeanne Eagels was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Edward and Julia Sullivan Eagles (1865a__1945) on June 26, 1890 of German and Irish descent. Her parents were married on April 26, 1886 in Platte City, Platte County, Missouri.

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